Dust-pan.



No. 742,859. PATENTED NOV. 3, 1903. P. H. GROSS & A. PETERSON.

' DUST PAN.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 19. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented November 3, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

DUST- PAN.

SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 742,859, dated November 3, 1903.

Application filed March 1 9 1 9 03 T0 on whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, PAUL H. GROSS and ALBERT PETERSON, citizens of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dust-Pans; and we do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention has for its object to provide an improved dust-pan having an improved device for attaching it to a broom; and to this end it consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described, and defined in the claims.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Figure. 1 is a plan view of the improved dust-pan, showing a broom in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 00 x of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the irregular line m 00 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a view corresponding to Fig. 3, but showing the hinged sides of the dust-pan as folded. Fig. 5 is a section on the line so? 00 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 6 is a section on the line as 00 of Fig. 2.

The numeral 1 indicates the body, and the numeral 2 the handle, of a broom, which parts are shown only by dotted lines.

The numeral 3 indicates a nail driven into the wall or support 4:, which parts are shown only in Fig. 2.

The body of the dust-pan is made up of three sections-to wit, an intermediate section a and folding side sections or wings 17- which sections are hinged at o. The wingsections 1) are provided with vertical flanges Z) at their outer and rear edges. The intermediate section a is provided at its sides with projecting edges a, which limit the downward movements of the wing-sections b. At its rear end the intermediate section a is formed with a vertical flange a which overlaps with the rear ends of the wing-flanges Z) and at its intermediate portion runs into a channel-like handpiece a This channellike handpiece a is adapted to receive the broom-handle, as shown by dotted .lines in Serial No. 148,465. (No model.)

Figs. 1 and 4., To the rear end of each wingflange b is pivotally connected an operatingrodf. The rodsfextend inward and work through a guide-lug a on the section a, and

their overlapping inner ends are bent upward to form cam-acting hooks f. Coiled springs g, placed on the rodsfand compressed between the lug a and the pivoted ends of said rods f, normally yieldinglyhold the wing-sections 1) of the dust-pan distended or turned outward, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

On the back and rear portion of the dustpan section a is a slotted strip is, which is adapted to be applied to a nail 3 to hang the dust-pan againsta wall.

The inturned edges of the handle 3 are so spaced that they must be slightly spread or sprung apart in order to permitthe broomhandle to pass between the same, as shown by dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 4. The camacting hooked ends f of the rods f are so spaced apart that when the broom-handle is forced into the dust-pan handle a as just stated, the said endsf will be engaged by the broom-handle and forced apart, as shown by full lines in Fig. 4:. Under the above action of the broom-handle on the hooked ends f the rodsf are drawn inward against the tension of the spring g and the wing-sections of the dustpan are moved pivotally or folded. around the edge of the broom head or body. By reference to Fig. lit will be noted that the intermediate section a of the dustpan is approximately the same width as that portion of'the broom-body which when the broom is applied to the dust-pan stands in line therewith. The wing-sections b are of such width that they will fold closely around the adjacent edges of the broom-body.

From the foregoing description it is evident that when the broom is applied to the dust-pan it will not only be held thereby, but will be partially incased by the dust-pan. The wing-sections which close around the edges of the broom securely hold the broom. The dust-pan is thereby made to serve as a holder for the broom, and both, therefore, may be supported from the'same nail or similar device on the wall or other support.

Aside from the feature of applying the dustpan to the broom it is important to have a by the handle of a broom, to cause the wingsections to fold around the body of the broom, substantially as described.

2. In a dust-pan, the combination with the section a, having the channel-like handle a and hinged wing-sections b, of the operatingrods f, pivoted to said'wing-sections b, suitably guided at their rear ends and provided with cam-acting hooked ends f engageable with the handle of the broom to cause said wing-sections to fold around the body of the broom, when the broom-handle is placed in the said handle a substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

PAUL H. GROSS. ALBERT PETERSON.

Witnesses:

GENEVIEVE HIRSCH, F. D. MERCHANT. 

